Fun Home Based Business - Beware The Cashiers Check Scam!

I assumed the car would be going to New York since he stated he was in NY. Saying he would be sending a cashiers check and would cover the shipping, who from hereon out will be referred to as O, i received an email from the buyer. I was thrilled! I lowered the reserve and the buy it now price and the very next morning had a buyer, the third and final listing. But none met my reserve, there were bids, the first two times. (I've been driving it around for three years and it was kicking my wallet's butt). I made the decision to sell it due to the high gas prices. So I listed this car on eBay which was generously given to me just a few weeks ago.

Uh-Oh! All was well in my chaotic world when the next morning I received an email from eBay stating they had suspended this gentleman's account due to the fact that they were unable to verify his contact information. Fair enough indeed.

. . Warning number one.

. . He registered that account the very day he did the buy it now, furthermore. And that he had called eBay and it was straightened out and the account was back, but that it was by his own actions, i then received an email from O the day after that acknowledging that his account was suspended.

. . Warning number two. . . And is still suspended nearly a week later, it was.

He further proceeds to tell me his shipper is in the UK and that the car would be going there.

Cool! AL and now it's going to London, arkansas and Daleville, this car spent it's entire existence in Mountain Home! I thought to myself, wow.

Especially a 1974 Cadillac? Why would the man be in NY but have his shipper and the car be going to London? . . When I finished that thought came warning number three.

The song "The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round" echoed through my head as I finally got it.

My revelation was cemented when I received the following email yesterday:

Deduct your fund and the balance should be sent to my shipper through W U Money Transfer: take it to your bank and cash it immediately, as soon as you receive it, It will be delivered to you soon, this is to let you know that the payment has been sent to you via regular mail.

Shipper's Information:

First Name: Robin

Last Name: Wheelan

United Kingdom london, sE26 5EG, address: 1 Canal Walk,

Is to be deducted from the balance of the funds after you must have deducted your fund, whatever that would amount to, i am aware that you would be charged to have the money sent through w u.

I will await you reply containing the MTCN number and the amount sent. A number will be given to you called CONTROL NUMBER (MTCN) send the control number to me through my mail, after sending it through w u.

Thank you.

O

The cash is long gone and the seller is actually responsible for the money the bank gave them, by the time the bank and the seller realize the check was worthless. Or hold it for just 1-2 days before cashing it, the banks will usually immediately cash a cashiers check. The seller is instructed to immediately deposit or cash the check and wire the shipping charges via W U or some such similar venue. The world has changed. Guess again. Right, we all know those are good immediately? Someone abroad "buys" an item with the promise of a cashiers check. This is the old cashiers check scam, friends.

I intend to have the bank confirm the check is not real and then follow up with my complaint to the FBI's Internet Complaint Department and we'll see what happens from there. But I will not cash it nor deposit it. . . I fully intend to take it to the bank. Is in the mail on the way to me, however, the check. And I still have the car, thankfully I smelled a rat.

But I can sure try to take one scammer off the streets, highly unlikely. O will be caught and do some time, but if I have anything to say about it.

You can take to the bank, and that!

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